Commodity Futures Trading Commission

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mega-banks will have to pay more for U.S. deposit insurance under a new regulation set for final approval on Monday as the government advances a boatload of financial oversight changes.Other measures to be considered this week include curbing bonus ...

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For over a year, Congress deliberated on how best to reform the financial system that caused our economy to crumble and sent us spiraling into the worst recession since the 1930s. All too often, however, the final bill defers to the regulators, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As lawmakers bargained, fretted and sweated through talks to wrap up the U.S. financial reform bill on Thursday, there was a single regulator whose ubiquitous presence was a reminder of one of the toughest issues to resolve.Gary Gensler, head ...

Federal regulators investigating Thursday's market plunge, focusing on conflicting rulesThe federal regulators that oversee financial markets say they are investigating the causes of the mass sell-off Thursday that pushed the Dow Jones Industrial average down hundreds of points. They are identifying one ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some of the biggest players in U.S. energy markets have told the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that its proposal to curb speculation is misguided and will drive investors to overseas and unregulated markets.But as a public comment period ends ...

After the devastation wrought by the subprime crisis and the failure of Lehman Brothers, the Congress is finally getting close to passing essential legislation to fix our broken financial system. Below some key components of the Senate's (Senator Chris Dodd's) financial reform ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gary Gensler, who once supported market deregulation blamed for the recent financial meltdown, has been winning over members of Congress who had been skeptical of his ability to rein in Wall Street as the top U.S. futures regulator.A former ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key U.S. lawmaker is set to join forces with several business groups on Wednesday to call for Congress to end the "Senator Maria Cantwell, a Washington Democrat, will advocate for more regulation of futures markets and derivatives at ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The two major U.S. financial market regulators need additional authority to oversee over-the-counter derivatives, the Senate Agriculture Committee chairman said on Wednesday. "We need to remember our over-arching goal -- increasing transparency and accountability in the nation's financial markets," ...

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Topic: Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Deposit insurance costs climbing for big banks

Who They Are And What They Do

Fin Reg Stretches SEC Way Too Thin

CFTC's Gensler goes down to wire for swaps reform

Regulators look into market plunge, weigh changes

CFTC gets political lift for energy position limit plan

Grading the Financial Regulatory Reform Bill

Once skeptical, Congress warms to CFTC's Gensler

U.S. lawmaker to push for crackdown on speculation

Need stronger regulators for swaps: Senate chair

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